Projects
Dendara in the shadow of the temple. Cultural and natural landscape archaeology of an ancient Egyptian city from Prehistory to Late Antiquity KU Leuven
An Archaeology of Comparative Colonialism: material culture, institutions, and cultural change in Malta, c. AD 1530–1910 Ghent University
The project aims to produce a novel, material culture-led narrative of daily life in Malta, AD 1530-1910. Archaeological analyses of artefacts and space shall be integrated with archival evidence to produce a social interpretation, which shall be viewed through the prisms of colonial institutions and identity formation. The project culminates in a diachronic comparison of colonialism under three ruling groups.
Landscape Archaeology of the Great War: a Non-Invasive Approach Ghent University
The front zone of World War I left deep traces in the landscape, but also the landscape influenced the course of the war activities.The idea is that by reconstructing the evolution of the landscape a better understanding of this mutual influence will be obtained and can be used to set up a valuation map of potentially valuable locations or phenomena.
The chaîne opératoire of ancient glass production: archaeometry and archaeology of Hellenistic and Roman natron glass. KU Leuven
Flemish pottery and stone reference collection (FLEPOSTORES): a "hands-on" and digital open access reference database for geological materials in archaeology and cultural heritage Ghent University
FLEPOSTORES will be a Ghent University based Flemish reference system for researchers and students working in archaeology, geology and cultural heritage studies. Further building on existing reference collections within Ghent University and with 3 external partners, the database will offer an online open access platform and a hands-on collection of worked natural stone and pottery, from prehistoric till pre-industrial times (ca. ...
Dendara in the shadow of the temple. Cultural and natural landscape archaeology of an ancient Egyptian city from Prehistory to Late Antiquity KU Leuven
This project aims to investigate the archaeological site of Dendara, one of the most important cities in Upper Egypt during antiquity, in order to address the question of the sustainability of an ancient community in the face of Nilotic-Egyptian environmental, social and economic challenges from Prehistory to late Antiquity. The project is set around four key interconnected archaeological areas, crucial to a greater understanding of the ...
L'Ancienne Belgique. Museums, archaeology, and the creation of national identity in Belgium (1870-1940). University of Antwerp
Network for Agent-based modelling of Socio-ecological systems in Archaeology (NASA) KU Leuven
The end goal of this research network for the period 2020-2024 is to gather an international, interdisciplinary group of researchers to collect and compile ABM elements (implementation modules, techniques, approaches, etc.) and organise them as an open modelling library. The targets of this network are: 1) identify and compile crucial modelling topics for the library; 2) collect and develop best practices and modelling guidelines; 3) develop ...
Landscape and social archaeology of the nomadic populations in the Altay Mountains, from the Bronze Age to the Turkic period (2nd millenium BC - 1500 AD) Ghent University
The Altay Mountains are covered with funeral and ritual monuments of nomadic people (2nd Mill. BCE - mid 2nd Mill. CE). For years archaeological inventories of valleys have been realised. These data will allow us to realise a study of the archaeological landscape and of the sociological structures of these cultures. Another goal is to publish the complete inventory of the researched valleys.